Shift Technologies for Middle-East, based in Dubai, UAE and Pelagic Technologies for South-East Asia, based in Singapore

RAYNHAM, Mass., June 16, 2008 - MEGA International, a global leader in providing enterprise architecture, business process analysis, and governance, risk, and compliance solutions, announced today it has signed agreements with two new business partners in important and rapidly expanding economic areas of the world, the Gulf States and South East Asia. The new partners are, Shift Technologies, based in Dubai, UAE, and Pelagic Technologies, based in Singapore.

The companies are well established market leaders that offer highly developed consulting, product distribution and system integration capabilities. The new partners will offer local support for MEGA International’s existing customers in their respective regions and will also develop new business opportunities. Shift Technologies will provide a springboard into the dynamic UAE and neighbouring Gulf states. Similarly, Pelagic Technologies will offer vital access into vibrant South East Asian countries and the Pacific Rim including Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan and China.

As part of its bid to become market leader in these regions by 2010, the announcement completes an important business development phase for MEGA International. The company has been building a comprehensive network of high quality partnership resources in key global regions including North and South America, Scandinavia, Europe, Middle East, Africa, Australia and New Zealand. With today’s announcement, MEGA International’s network of partner resources stands at twenty-three companies worldwide.

“The announcement signifies the consistent increase of MEGA International’s business around the world, and reflects the objective to closely support our multinational customers with the highest quality of service, wherever they are located,” said Lucio de Risi, president and chief executive officer (CEO) of MEGA International. “We achieve this by forming partnerships with the best and most experienced consultancy firms that stand out in key economic regions. Shift Technologies and Pelagic exemplify this high standard.”

“By combining their services with MEGA International’s products, companies like our new partners will be able to offer customers solutions that are completely right for local requirements – reflecting specific language and cultural nuances, regional trading, governance and compliance, and other regulatory demands,” he said.

“The partnership with MEGA International provides a significant contribution to the unique enterprise excellence offerings that Shift Technologies brings to the Middle East market,” said Abdallah El Kadi, CEO of Shift Technologies.

Enterprise architecture is an emerging practice in the region. It is quickly being recognized by leading organizations as a method to support management planning and decision making, thus enhancing the overall performance of the organization.

“A successful enterprise architecture is a key capability that enables the development of an agile and competitive organization. By architecting their enterprise connected view, organizations can enhance their decision making, enforce their governance, improve their change management, and expedite their time to market. We believe that with MEGA International, Shift Technologies can help regional organizations accelerate their enterprise excellence journey by utilizing the cutting edge technologies and adapted best practices that this partnership yields,” Kadi added.

Peter Chirdaris, managing partner of Pelagic Technologies, said, “Partnering with MEGA International enables Pelagic Technologies to deliver the industry’s leading process and risk solution to clients in South East Asia. It will strengthen us to continue servicing clients in the world’s most rapidly maturing business region and offer our clients a global support network only MEGA International can deliver.”

About Shift Technologies

Shift Technologies is a pioneering IT and business consulting firm that provides an array of business-driven services devoted to aligning an organization's operations with its overall strategy using technology. The company’s solutions support management planning and decision-making processes by providing a holistic and integrated view of the entire enterprise. Most importantly, the company provides a system for measurement that monitors and traces deliverables against initial requirements.
The company is part of the prominent AW Rostamani Group, one of the leading conglomerates in the UAE.

About Pelagic Technologies

Pelagic Technologies is a leading operations management consultancy in South East Asia. The company maintains offices in China and Singapore, and helps global Fortune 1000 companies develop and maintain operational excellence. With a panel of renowned process advisors and its undiluted focus on processes, Pelagic Technologies has contributed to many of the famous process management concepts such as process identity management (PIM) or the process capability maturity (PCM) model. Key service offerings include process improvement, BPM, Sarbanes-Oxley compliance management, process methodology development, empowerment of corporate process teams and enterprise architecture management. Pelagic Technologies's industry-specific services include telecoms, insurance, manufacturing and professional services.